Poet C. D. Wright Dies at 67

January 13th, 2016

C. D. Wright, American award-winning poet and writing professor at Brown University, unexpectedly passed away in her home on January 12, 2016. Her most recent book, Poet, the Lion, Talking Pictures, El Farolito, a Wedding in St. Roch, the Big Box Store, the Warp in the Mirror, Spring, Midnights, Fire and All, was published in November 2015.

Amit Majmudar appointed as the first Poet Laureate of Ohio

December 28th, 2015

Amit Majmudar was appointed as the first Poet Laureate of Ohio. His work has appeared in many literary magazines including Smartish Pace, and few of his published poems are "By Accident," published in Counter Balance, "Reading," "The Miscarriage," "Instructions to an Artisan," and so on.

Smartish Pace 2015 "The Pushcart Prize" Nominations

December 2nd, 2015

We are pleased to nominate the following poets & poems for The Pushcart Prize:

Aaron Belz: “Advice to Children”Joshua Bennett: “Fresh”David Kirby: “A World in Which These Things Happen”Dawn Manning: “Fables from the Petrified Forest”Lisa Summe: “Morning After We Hook Up”Diane Wakoski: “Elegy for My Next Door Neighbor”

2015 National Book Awards finalists in Poetry

November 17th, 2015

The five finalists for the 2015 National Book Awards in Poetry are listed below:

September 7th, 2015

The Poetry Foundation and Poetry magazine announces the five recipients of the 2015 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships, one of the largest awards given to young poets between 21 and 31 years of age in the United States: Nate Marshall, Erika L. Sánches, Danniel Schoonebeek, Safiya Sinclair, and Jamila Woods.

Poet James Tate Dies at 71

July 9th, 2015

James Tate, Pulitzer Prize winning poet and long time University of Massachusetts professor, died at 71. He wrote over twenty poetry collections, including The Ghost Soldiers and The Oblivion Ha-Ha.

Juan Felipe Herrera is named U.S. poet laureate

June 10th, 2015

Juan Felipe Herrera, author of numerous poetry collections and short stories, is named U.S. poet laureate (21st). He will be the first-ever Chicano/Latino poet laureate, writing and speaking in both English and Spanish.

Louise Glück awarded Gold Medal for Poetry

June 1st, 2015

Louise Glück awarded Gold Medal for Poetry from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (AAAL). Glück has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, Yale’s Bollingen Prize, and most recently the National Book Award for her poetry.